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    Congressional Budget Office Scoring

    Economic and tax policy experts talked about the processes used by the government in drafting and assessing budgets, and the steps taken to communicate and explain those figures to Congress …

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    Politics of Tax Reform

    Tax policy scholars talked about tax code, reforms needed, and the political challenges lawmakers face in changing tax policy. They focused on tax reform during the Reagan administration and…

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    Taxation of Capital Gains

    Witnesses testified about U.S. tax policy and the capital gains tax rate in the context of comprehensive tax reform. The maximum capital gains tax rate was 15 percent, as compared to the max…

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    U.S. Tax Code and the Wealthy

    Tax policy experts talked about the U.S. tax code and the wealthy. Among the topics they discussed were capital gains taxes, the definition of “fair” tax policy, reform of Social Security an…

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    Individual Tax Rates

    Accountants and economists testified about allowing the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts to expire and the potential impact on individual and corporate tax rates. Among the issues addressed were the s…

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    Health Care Overhaul

    This was the third in a series of roundtable hearings intended to bring health care policy and industry experts together to inform the development of comprehensive health care reform legisla…

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    Alternative Minimum Tax

    Panelists talked about alternatives to the Alternative Minimum Tax. Alex Brill moderated the panel which focused on retargeting the tax, lowering the impact of the tax on qualifying taxpayer…

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    Federal Tax Reform

    The President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform held its second public meeting to hear perspectives on tax reform and descriptions of the problems presented by complexity in the tax sys…

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    Tax Policy

    The panelists at this event hosted by the Urban Institute talked about tax policy and the impact of tax policy on the 2004 election. Among the specific issues addressed were the functions of…

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    Health Care News Conference

    Health and Hman Services Secretary Donna Shalala talked about the President Clinton’s health care initiative which would provide tax relief to individuals who cared for elderly family member…

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    Estate Tax Cuts

    Heritage Foundation William Beach and Urban Institute Leonard Burman debated the need for estate tax cuts, which are included in the Republican tax cut proposal.

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    Health Reform Financing

    Congressional Budget Office Principal Analyst Len Burman spoke about the financing of the health care reform legislation currently under consideration in the U.S. Senate. He analyzed the tax…

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